Taylor Swift gives her hat to a young fan during a New Jersey "Eras Tour" concert in May. She recognized the continued speculation and urged her listeners to be kind online, saying they should not “feel the need to defend me on the internet against someone you think I might have written a song about 14 billion years ago.” In anticipation of the release of “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version),” Swift performed “Dear John” – a song that Swifties have long speculated is about her prior relationship with singer-songwriter John Mayer – at her Minneapolis concert last month. “Nobody’s done anything remotely like that before,” says Light.Īnd nobody is more aware of her connection to her fans than Swift herself, who has strategically used her stage on tour to announce and debut key releases – and spread positive messages on timely issues. While artists re-recording their older music isn’t that uncommon, Swift has tapped into and harnessed the fanfare by pairing her “Taylor’s Version” albums with never-before-heard “from the vault” tracks, framing these older albums into something new. “I am putting this album out because I want to own my music and I believe that any artist who has the desire to own their music should be able to,” she told her Minneapolis audience last month. The singer’s release of “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” on Friday further illustrates her laser-focused vision. Taylor Swift performing the 'Eras Tour' in New Jersey in May. To bide my time, I’ve become quite attuned to “SwiftTok” and have regularly covered Swift for CNN Entertainment. While I haven’t yet seen the “Eras Tour,” I managed to secure tickets to an upcoming August show in Los Angeles. The tour has created a social media-worthy breeding ground for feel-good moments, while the singer has hit some major milestones – both on and off the stage – along the way.įull disclosure: this CNN writer is a Swiftie. The “Speak Now” re-release comes amid Swift’s record-breaking “Eras Tour,” the extended culmination of a musically prolific five-year period for Swift after not touring since 2018 – despite releasing six albums since then. “That sense of her relationship to her audience as her audience changes, as she changes, while the music just stays as stellar as it has.” “(I’m) impressed with the fact that she’s able to sustain that sense of herself,” Alan Light, a music journalist, author and former Rolling Stone critic who has covered Swift since the early days of her burgeoning career, told CNN in an interview. It’s that kind of fluidity and rapid response she has with her fans that has helped Swift thrive, and maintain her unparalleled place in popular music. Last month, Taylor Swift told a Pittsburgh audience at a stop on her groundbreaking “Eras Tour” that “Cruel Summer” – her self-professed “favorite song” off of her 2019 “Lover” album – was finally becoming a single because so many people keep streaming it, leading to the track charting in the top 20 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart this week.Īnd on Friday, the throwback Swift love continues, when the beloved singer-songwriter releases her hotly-anticipated “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” album, a re-record of her 2010 hit album.
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